As a business student, Brian Egwele (BSM ’01) learned valuable lessons from the entrepreneurs and alumni who shared their experiences with his classes. Now, he’s paying it forward as a Lepage Center Innovator-in-Residence.
Diana Garvis Purcel (BSM ’88) has been appointed to the board of directors of PetMed Express Inc. She will serve as independent director and chair of the board’s audit committee. Purcel currently serves as chair of the audit committee for the Ocean Power Technologies Inc. board of directors and is chair of the finance committee for the board of the Animal Humane Society.
Four Freeman School graduates are among the 14 Tulanians to win 2022-23 Fulbright awards. The graduates will receive grants through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the U.S. Department of State’s flagship international educational exchange program, to either study for a graduate degree, conduct an individually designed research project or participate in an English Teaching Assistant Program outside the United States.
Philip Abbott Masquelette (BBA ’45) Fred White Dixon Sr. (BBA ’50) Anna Charlotte Bartels Schroer (BBA ’50) Lawrence William Schwarz Jr. (BBA ’50) Francis Leonard Miller (BBA ’51)
After two years of pandemic-related cancellations and restrictions, the Freeman School’s diploma ceremonies returned to the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse on May 20 with the customary pomp and circumstance, recognizing more than 700 degree candidates across undergraduate and graduate programs.
To the vast majority of you, I’m still “the New Guy.” So with that in mind, I thought I should begin my first column in Freeman Business by telling you a little about myself, why I’m so excited to be dean of the Freeman School, and what I’ve been doing for the past several months.
New Orleans startups are making substantial gains in attracting investment funding while also adopting more flexible work options and scaling back their office expansion plans, according to the latest findings from the 2021 Greater New Orleans Startup Report.
With more and more employers using video conferencing apps like Zoom to conduct screening interviews, virtual mock interviews have gone from a pandemic-necessitated substitute to a valuable simulation of the real-world.
The Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has announced the six projects that will receive grants as part of its Count the Costs research initiative.
Mara Force was teaching an independent study course on hedge funds when the GameStop short squeeze began. Her students ended up incorporating the historic rally into their study.
The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of four faculty members for the 2021- 22 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include three tenure-track assistant professors and one professor of practice.
A gift from alumnus Albert R. Lepage (MBA ’71) has established an annual award to recognize A. B. Freeman School of Business faculty whose teaching significantly advances the ideals of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
